Cloth-steaming brush.



L. svoBoDA & P. KUPEGKY.

CLOTH STEAMING BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 10, 1908.

' 938 ,089. Patented Oct. 2,6; 1909.

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l, ll 'l l y l LAWRENCE SYVOBODA AND FRANK KOPECKY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTH-STEAMING BRUSH.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed December 10, 1908. Serial No. 466,876.

To all whom 'it lmay concern:

Be it known that we, LAWRENCE SvoBoDA and FRANK KPEGKY, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulv Improvement in Cloth- Steaming Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to-improvement in devices for removing gloss produced' upon cloth during the pressing operation, of the variety employing a brush adapted to move against the surface of the cloth si1nultaneouwly with the application of steam thereto.

Devices of the character above referred to, as hitherto. constructed, involve in their operation the sweeping of the brush across the surface of the cloth in such .a way as not to raise the nap of the cloth but brush it down, thereby failing to give to the cloth, when finished, the desired appearance, and preventing the fibers of the cloth from being properly subjected to the steam for entirely removing the "gloss 4 y Referring to the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a plan sectional view of our improved device, the section being taken at the line 1 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direct-ion of the arrow.l Fig. 2 is a view in sectional elevation of the device illustrated in Fig. 1,

i the section being taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1

' Fig. 3

` the arrow, the brush beingomitted. llustrated,

and viewed in the direction'- of the arrow. is a section taken at the line 3 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4, a section taken at the line .4 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of In the preferred construction i the brushkfor agitating the nap of the cloth from which the glossis to be removed is represented at 5 andlis of cylindrical form comprising acircular disk-shaped back 6 provided with sets of bristles 7, perforations 8 being lcontained inthe back 6l to communi'- cate with the spaces between the bristles as shown for a-purpose hereinafter set forth. The casin for housing the upper portion of the-brush 1s represented at 9 and is provided centrally witha tubular bearing 10 1n which 1s journaled a shaft 11 provided with an enlargement 12 at its upper end `'forming a shoulder-13 which bears against the upper.

end of the bearing 10. The lowerend of the shaft 11 carriesa separable square sleeve 14 of a greater width than the internal diameter of the bearing 10. The back of the brushis provided centrally with a socket 15 in its upper side of the same shape in cross-section as the sleeve 14. The brush fits at'its socket- 15 over the sleeve 14 and is held on the shaft 11 to rotate therewith by a nut 16 screwing on the threaded end 17 of the shaft. Fixed in an aperture 1'8 in the portion 12 of the shaft is a sleeve A19 which extends at right angles to the shaft l carrying it, this sleeve serving as a bearing u for a sliding bar 20 positioned therein and pivoted at one end to an veccentric pin 21 fixed in a disk 22 carried by a shaft 23 journaled in a bearing 24 supported above the ,casing 9 by a bracket 25v secured at Aarms 26 to theca'sing as represented at 27 the free end of the bracket carrying a handle 28 by which the device is manipulated. It is thus manifest that rotation of the shaft 23 produces reciprocation and oscillation of the rod 20, and by reason of its sliding connection with the sleeve 19 therebyproduces partial rotations of the brush 5 opposite d1- The power for driving the shaft rections. 23 may beof any character;l it being d'esigned that the power be communicated to the shaft through the medium of a flexible shaft 29 connected with the shaft 23 as represented.

l The steam t-o be discharged upon the cloth being opera-ted on is introducedl into the The'steam u onl leaving the pipe 31 fills the chamber 30 rom which it escapes through the perforations 8, the pressurev of the steam' .forcing it through the spaces between' thev bristles to the cloth. l Assuming the shaft 23 to be constantly rotated, the operator grasping the handle 28 moves the device upon the goods from which the gloss is to be-removed to cause the brush 5 to sweep against the surface of the goods. The brush by reason of thel movement described is caused to brush up the nap by 33 to the inner circumference'of thereby permitting the steam applied to the' ally act upon the fibers of the nap. Furthermore, by the brushing action described 'the na instead of being brushed Hat against the bo y of the goods, is caused to be more or less roughed up with the 'effect of producing-the desired ap earance in the goods.

It will be note that theV device may. be used tooperate on table orfironing-boar or it may be supported at its handle 28 in the hand of the operator for operating upon garments applied to a dummy orl form. In operating unless means are rovided for draining such moisture from tl e casing, drops thereof might fall upon the goods which, in some cases, might be objectionable. To prevent this occurrence, we have rovided the member 33 and 'pipe 34 herein efore referred to,

and employ a trough 35 extending around.

said brush andfdrive-shaft, and 'meansvfor the lower edge Aof the casing 9, thistrou'gh havinga ipe 36- communcatingtherewith and exten ing in the same general'l direction as the handle 28. It is thus manifest 'that allimoisture precipitated ing-.the i e l131 w' fall into the member 33 andf-wil t ence iiow to the side of the casing through the' pipe 34. Any moisture preci itated or discharged v upon the interior o the casing ,9

will run into the trough l35 from which it escapes through the pipe 36 ,whenv the de-4 vice is held in an uprl I t position. It will thus be manifest that t e gist offour invention lles providin vice in which'the brush o pera'tes to ysweep againstthe goods in one d1rect1on.only. What we claim asv new, and desire sel 1. In a cloth-steamin brush,- the combination of -anoscillatory rush-device adapted to be moved a ainst the Asurface of the. goods 2. I li a cloth-steaming brush, the combinay oods laid fiat upon aV goods to be operated o n, means the device condensation of the steam is hable to occur the pipe 31j and on lthe inner surface of the casing 9, and

a* construction 1nA which a brush-is cause to move opposite directions against the surface`lof the'goods. to be operated` on during' the subjection of 4them to steam, as distinguished from a desupported in the casing movedagainst the surface of the goods to be brushed, means vforoscillating the brush, and meansfon said device for supplying steam to the goods vwhile undergoing the brushing operation.

tion of -a casing, an brushdevice 'I' cof 3. In acloth-steaming brush, the combina-V .I l

casing extending longitudineJ ly thereof, a brush-device connecte with one end of said shaft and adapted lto be moved againstthe lng oscillatory movement to said brush, and

t/ion of a casing, an oscillator shaft in the for impartj Y' means for su' plymg steam toA the goods while undergomgthe brushing operation.v 4. 'In a cloth-steaming brush, the combination of a brush journaled tofpermit it.to

oscillate, a driveshaft,m`eans operated by 'said drive-shaftv for oscillating'the brush, and means 'for supplying to the goods 'while undergoing the brushing operation.

5. -In a cloth-steaming brush, thecombina-v tion lof a drive-shaft, a brush journaled to permit it to. oscill'ate against the goods to be,

operated on, an eccentric connection between supplying steam'to'the goods while-undergoma the brushing operation.V g

' g brush, the combina- 6. "in a 010thtion of avvdrive-shaft, a second vjournaled shaft, a brush secured to said rsecond shaft to act against the` goods to be operated on second-name shaft and eccentrically conthereon',a' sha ournaled in said bearin a brush havinga perforated back secure to 1 said shaft spaced from the wall of the casing opposin 1t, a rod having sliding cona bar havin sliding`fconnection, with sai l l.

nectionv with t e other endof said shaft, a y

drive-shaft aneccentrie in/carried b said' ydrlve-shaft .andconnecte with said 's idngv rod, and a'steamrconduit opening into the space provided' lbetween the back lof the I brush-and the opposing wall ofthe casing.

LAWRENCE l"'svononA.' 

